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Elton Doryen

June 29, 2007 · Perth Amboy, Middlesex County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Elton Doryen
Age as recorded
25
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
African-American/Black
Date of the injury resulting in death
June 29, 2007
Location as recorded
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County823 Harned Street Perth Amboy NJ 08861 Middlesex
Highest level of force as recorded
Drowned

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Perth Amboy, Middlesex County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Perth Amboy Police Department

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The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

Elton Doryen drowned after being pepper-sprayed by a Perth Amboy officer and running into a nearby pond to wash it off, according to police. The incident happened after an officer responded to calls that an agitated and naked Doryen was locked out of his home.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/189KtIyzNh4WY5SU_OIj4dPORyGL3WSbNYybcHGdd9X8/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 22 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2007, and one of 26 it holds for Middlesex County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Elton Doryen died on June 29, 2007 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, with "Drowned" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Perth Amboy Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, on June 29, 2007. The address as recorded is 823 Harned Street Perth Amboy NJ 08861 Middlesex.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 23551. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩